Vehicle-wheel.



No. 861,056. PATBNTBD JULY 23, 1907.

0. SKOG.

' VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIUATION FILED Amm., 1901.

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No. 861,056. PATBNTED JULY 23, 1907.'

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VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIGATION xfILBD APRS, 1907.

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OLOF SKOG, OF NEW- YORK, N. YQ

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented iJuly v23, 1907.

Application filed April 8,1907. Serial No. 366,136.

uneven road bed, without the use of pneumatic tires.-

, Other objects-- relating to the specific construction and special arrangement of the several parts will be understood from the following description and accompanying drawings, which illustrate myinvention in its preferred form, and in which y Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel embodying -my invention; Fig. 2 isa side elevation partly broken away, of the device shown in Fig. 1 with the inner guard removed; and Fig. 3 is avertical transverse central section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Like characters of reference parts in all the views. V

As illustrated in the drawings, the hub 1 of the Wheel is provided on its outer end with a cap 2 having a threaded engagement in said hub and adapted to cover the bore of the wheel. The hub is also provided with v are attached by means of screws 8 toa rim 9. This rim is provided on its outer periphery with a plurality of saddles 10 adapted to receive the inner portion of ellipticall springs 11, the opposite portion of said springs being seated on oppositely disposed corresponding saddles 12 formed on the inner surface of an outer rim 13. The springs ,11 are preferably made of band metal',

elliptical in form and the terminals 14 oi the band ofiset from the body thereof and seated in recesses formed in the saddles 12. The springsare held on their re' cesses adapted to receive screws\17 by means of which the clamps andspr'ings are secured to the saddles of the inner rim 9 and outer, rim 13. The outer rim'13 and springsv 11 are-held :against torsional movement by means of plate guards 18 arranged on opposite sides of the rim 13, and secured thereto by means of screws designate corresponding 19. Guards 20 are aisoattached tothe opposite sides ofthe inner rim 9 by means of screws 21, and the outer portions of the oppositely disposed guards .20 are connected together'by means of spools or sleeves 22 and engaging screws 23, the ends of the spools bearing against the inner wall of the guards 20, being threaded to receive the screws 23.' Sleeves also connect the .inner portion of the outer guards 18. These sleeves,

not shown, are similar-to the sleeves 22 connecting the outer portion of the in'ner guards 2O and are adapted at their ends to receive screws 24 by means of which the L guards and sleeves are clamped firmly together. The

outer guards 18 are cut away between the screws 24 as at 25, thereby forming apertures adapted to receive the sleeves 22 of the-inner'guards 20 and permit said sleeves 'to move freely therein when the wheel' is in operation. the wheel and threaded to receive the screws 21 which bind the inner guards 20 to the innerrirn ofthe wheel. The outer guards 18 are provided with outer flangesV 27 adapted to support the sides and outer portion of a tire which is mounted upon the outer rirn 13. This tire maybe of various constructions, 'but consists preferwith a plurality of wire rings 29 arranged between the sides of the rings 28 and embedded therein so as to prevent the rings from stretching. v l v l I n constructing the device, the tire is applied tothe outer rim andthe outer guards 18 are the'n attachedto the outer rim in the manner already described. By' means of such construction the tire may -be readily removed and replaced when occasion so requires. .When

in'use, the wheel may be made resilient to any desired extent consistent with the weight it is required to sup;

port, by varying the shape, thickness and exibility of the springs connecting the inner and outer rims. While but a single leaf is used to form the spring shown herein, the springs may bemade of more than one leaf if desired. By means of the construction hereinlshown and described, the wheel is free to yield to the inequalities or roughness of the road and relieve the occupants or objects carriedin the vehicle from the jars and shock occasioned in passing over a rough or uneven road. The interlocking and overlapping character of the inner and outer guards 18 and 20 holds the sections of the wheel against lateral or torsional movement relatively to each other, and yet permits said parts to yield in radial lines. y p

Having thusescribed my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A-whee1 having an inner rim and an outer rim, each provided with oppositely disposedsaddles, elliptical band springs attached at opposite portions to said rims, guards, attached to the outer rim and provided with spools conf nected with said guards, and cut-away portions between said Lugs 26 are attached to the inner rim ofl lably of a plurality of flat rings 28 formed of raw hide i leather vulcanized fiber, or other suitable material,

spools, and plate guards attached to the inner rim -and provided with connecting :spools adapted to move in the cutnway portions of the outer guard.

2, A wheel having an in-ner rim and an outer rim, each provided with oppositeiyfdisposd sudd1es,reliiptical band springs secured at opposite portions to said saddles, reinorclng clamps attached to opposite portions of`said springs and to said rims, and having a more abrupt c urvature than that of the springs, and overlapping plate guardsv secured yto the opposite sides of said rims respectively.

3. A wheel having an inner rim and anouter rim, each :provided with curved saddles, elliptical band springs at,-

tnched at opposite portions to said rims, and provided with olf-set vterminals recessed in said saddles, and overlapping `plate guards lattached to the opposite sides of said rims,

respectively., r

5. A wheel having' an inner rim andan outer rim, each provided on their opposite faces with saddles, band springs seated on'snid saddles, outer plate guards attached to thel outer rim and provided with cut-away portions, plate guards ,attached to the ln'ner ri'm and providedl with cutaway portions arranged alternately with the cut-away portions of.th outer guards, spools extending between the inner faces of the outer guards and attached' thereto, yand spools attached to the innerV faces of. the inner guards, and adapted tomove in-the cut-away portion of the outer guards.' p

in testimony whereof IY have signed my name to this specification in the presence vof two subscribing witnesses. OLOF SKOG.

Witnesses: f

Rosana* W. Hiismn, Evmmn B. MARSHALL. 

